PERIOD DECAY

Domain	Definition
Science	The tendency of a satellite to lose orbital velocity due to the influence of atmospheric drag and gravitational forces. A decaying object eventually impacts the surface of the Earth or burns up in the atmosphere. This parameter directly affects the satellite's mean motion. (aka decay). (references)
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Anagrams: PERIOD DECAY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-i-o-p-r-y"
	-3 letters: copyread, diapered, parodied, precoded, recopied.
	-4 letters: capered, deaired, decapod, decayed, decayer, deciare, decider, decoder, decoyed, decoyer, decried, dryadic, parodic, peracid, percoid, picador, pierced, precode, proceed, radioed, readied, recoded.
	-5 letters: adored, aeried, apiece, caddie, carded, caried, carped, codder, codeia, copied, copier, corded, craped, creepy, creped, crepey, deader, dearie, decade, decare, decide, decode, deiced, deicer.
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